Sebastian Andersson

Martin Sebastian Andersson (born 15 July 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for 1. FC Köln and the Sweden national team.

Sebastian Andersson
Andersson with Kalmar FF in 2013
Personal information
Full name Martin Sebastian Andersson
Date of birth (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991
Place of birth Ängelholm, Sweden
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 1. FC Köln
Number 9
Youth career
1996–2006 Ängelholms FF
1998–2006 Vinslövs IF
2006–2007 Helsingborgs IF
2008–2009 Ängelholms FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Ängelholms FF 50 (17)
2012–2014 Kalmar FF 52 (3)
2014–2016 Djurgårdens IF 35 (13)
2016–2017 IFK Norrköping 51 (20)
2017–2018 1. FC Kaiserslautern 29 (12)
2018–2020 Union Berlin 67 (24)
2020– 1. FC Köln 9 (2)
National team‡
2011 Sweden U21 1 (0)
2017– Sweden 9 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:36, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019

Club career

Early career

Andersson started out playing youth football for his hometown club Ängelholms FF when he was five. A couple of years later he also simultaneously started playing for Vinslövs IF. This was because his parents had separated and he was living every other week in different locations with each parent so he also had to switch between the two clubs every other week. When he turned 15 he joined the youth team of Helsingborgs IF but only a couple of years later the club discontinued the age group that he was playing for and as he wasn't given a first team contract he had to leave.

He then went back to Ängelholm where he, as a seventeen-year-old, was put straight into the club's U21 team. After making his first-team debut in 2010, Andersson's first highly successful season was the 2011 Superettan, in which he was one of the top ten goalscorers in the second tier of the Swedish football league system. Due to his success he was signed by Allsvenskan club Kalmar FF after the season.[1]

On 1 August 2014, Andersson joined Djurgården.[2] He made 39 competitive appearances and scored 16 goals for the Stockholm team before being sold to IFK Norrköping in 2016.[3]

FC Kaiserslautern

On 31 August 2017, the last day of the 2017 summer transfer window, Andersson signed a three-year contract with 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[4]

Union Berlin

In June 2018, following Kaiserslautern's relegation, 1. FC Union Berlin announced Andersson would join the club on a free transfer for the 2018–19 season having agreed a two-year contract.[5]

FC Köln

On 15 September 2020, Andersson moved to Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln and signed a contract until 2023. The transfer fee paid to Union Berlin was reported as €6 million.[6] On 19 September 2020, Andersson scored on his Bundesliga debut for FC Köln in a 2–3 loss to Hoffenheim.[7]

International career

Andersson made his only appearance for the national under-21 team on 15 November 2011 in a game against Malta.[8] He made his senior debut in January 2017 in a friendly game against the Ivory Coast.[9] He scored his first two goals for Sweden four days later, in a 6–0 thrashing of Slovakia.[10]

Andersson scored his first competitive international goal in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying game against the Faroe Islands which Sweden won 3–0.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played on 13 July 2020.[12][13][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ängelholms FF 2010 Superettan 22510——235
2011 Superettan 281211—2[lower-alpha 1]23115
Total 501721—225420
Kalmar FF 2012 Allsvenskan 2511261—324
2013 Allsvenskan 15032——182
2014 Allsvenskan 122———122
Total 5234461—628
Djurgårdens IF 2014 Allsvenskan 13611——147
2015 Allsvenskan 22712——239
2016 Allsvenskan —32——32
Total 351355——4018
IFK Norrköping 2016 Allsvenskan 30141023—3317
2017 Allsvenskan 2166243—3111
Total 51207266—6428
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2017–18 2. Bundesliga 291210——3012
Union Berlin 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 341221—2[lower-alpha 2]03813
2019–20 Bundesliga 331231——3613
Total 672452—207426
Career total 28489241412742316110
  1. Appearances in the Allsvenskan relegation play-offs
  2. Appearances in the Bundesliga relegation play-offs

International
As of match played on 18 November 2019.[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201722
201820
201951
Total93

International goals
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 January 2017Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Slovakia3–06–0Friendly
2.4–0
3.18 November 2019Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden Faroe Islands1–03–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

References
  1. "Jag måste prestera i Allsvenskan". hejkalmar.se. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. "Sebastian Andersson klar för Djurgården". Aftonbladet.
  3. "DIF Fotboll - Sebastian Andersson klar för IFK Norrköping - DIF Fotboll". DIF Fotboll.
  4. "Auf der Zielgeraden: Lautern holt Andersson". kicker Online (in German). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  5. "Union holt Stürmer Andersson". kicker Online (in German). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  6. "Andersson wechselt für sechs Millionen Euro von Berlin nach Köln". kicker.de. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  7. "Svenskens succé – målskytt direkt i nya klubben". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  8. "Herrar U21 EM-kval Matchinformation Malta mot Sverige 2011-11-15 (0-1) — svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  9. "Herr A Landskamp Matchinformation: Sverige mot Elfenbenskusten 2017-01-08 (1-2) — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. "Herr A Landskamp Matchinformation: Sverige mot Slovakien 2017-01-12 (6-0) — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  11. "Sköna målbeskeden i kvalavslutningen". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 18 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  12. "S. Andersson". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  13. "Sebastian Andersson » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  14. "Eliteprospects.com - Sebastian Andersson". Eliteprospects. 26 January 2016.
  15. "Andersson, Sebastian". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
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